RTInsights covered the release of version 3.8 of the Striim platform. The article discusses some of the updates in the release, such as making the platform more user friendly for streaming integration and SQL-based stream processing abilities for Apache Kafka. Its latest features include multi-threaded delivery into Kafka, allowing for improved performance and productivity. Its cloud integration function is also enhanced with the capability to collect real-time data from Amazon S3 and integrate real-time data into Azure HDInsight and Amazon Kineses.